According to Prince, one of the earliest water-powered grist and sawmills in McLean County ... tragedy struck when another son drowned in the mill pond, prompting Ebenezer to dismantle the mill ...

Miranda and I head out to an old logging town where a Saw and Grist Mill once stood on a river bank! This town tossed anything and everything in the river a century ago and we are excited to see what ...

Situated on the south bank of Sugar Creek about three miles west of McLean, Moore's Mill survived into the 20th century, becoming the last operational water-powered mill in the county. John Caton ...

The Water Mill Museum dates back to 1644, with a rich history of being the oldest restored working water-powered grist mill in the United States. The museum has exhibits of local historic ...

After more than three years, the grist mill in Spring Mill State Park ... The shaft that harnesses power from the water wheel outside and transfers it through gears to the granite grinding stone ...

Spring Mill State Park's grist mill is operational again after ... The shaft that harnesses power from the water wheel outside and transfers it through gears to the granite grinding stone cracked.

The Pease/Comstock Mill in Stockbridge still survives, although its undershot water wheel is gone ... drop in elevation of Kampoosa Brook provided the power needed for at least five saw, planing, and ...

Known as the Glenwood Grist Mill, the building ... in about 1790 and built a mill along the stream to harness the power of the water that cut through the "glen in the woods" where it was built ...

Although the property has changed hands several times over the years, it has been owned by Frank Blount, 91, for more than 20 years. Blount restored some of the parts and cleaned ...

The Nielsen Grist Mill is situated at the foot of ... It operated using water from the Fremont River, which was channeled through a wooden pipe and dropped 22 feet to power a turbine that ran the mill ...

Archaeologist Allison McGovern spoke at the Bryant Library on Feb. 19 about the process of uncovering local history at archaeological sites like the Roslyn Grist Mill. The event was hosted by the ...

They adapted by establishing grist mills and later shoe and textile factories, powered by water. However, post-World War I economic hardships led to factory closures as industries relocated to ...